Saturday, March 3, 2012

Sugar = Bad!

By sugar, I mean added sugar or refined sugar, not naturally occurring sugar in fruits. If you google sugar and obesity, over 33 million results will come up. It is no secret that our increased consumption of sugar has contributed to obesity.

There is a relation in our bodies between the amount of sugar consumed, the amount of insulin released from our pancreas, and the amount of fat stored because of the sugar consumption/insulin secretion. It all adds up to weight gain and potentially other bad side effects (diabetes, etc.).

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This blog is about how I went from “Sumo wrestler” weight to where I am today (as a Master’s track athlete), and how I’ve kept it off. Why do I call it Sumo wrestler weight? Because my wakeup call came while on business for 2 weeks in Japan in September 2006 when I took a picture next to 2 Sumo wrestlers, and I looked as big as them! At that time, I topped out at 5 feet, 11 inches at 268 pounds! Read more about me in the Blog Post labeled: My Sumo Weight Loss: There's Hope!